What does it mean of Te Unga Mai? Thank you for your answers!
By Alex
@venchaul (541)
China
May 19, 2012 2:51am CST
In Gisborne, Te Unga Mai commenmorates the meeting between Maori, the tangata whenua, and Captain James Cook in October 1769 and events include a concert by top New Zealand band Opshop.
I wonder what does it mean of "Te Unga Mai" in the sentence? Please tell me if you know it. Thank you very much!
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2 responses
@owlwings (43897)
• Cambridge, England
19 May 12
I am not an expert in Maori, by any means. In fact, I really only know something of the language from its songs!
It is quite difficult, I discover, to find anywhere which gives a reliable translation of the phrase but I think that it means approximately "The landing" or "The arrival by sea". 'Unga' ('u' as in 'look' - it should have a line over the 'u' but MyLot won't print that character) means 'landing', 'berthing' or 'docking'. 'Te' indicates that it's a specific thing or event that is being described and 'mai' indicates a direction, either 'from' a place or 'since' a past time.
I believe that "Te unga mai" may either refer to the landing of the Maori people in New Zealand or, in the case of this festival, the landing of Captain Cook.
@owlwings (43897)
• Cambridge, England
19 May 12
This was the dictionary which I found most helpful: http://www.maoridictionary.co.nz/index.cfm (though it doesn't give a translation of "Te unga mai" as such).
@Professor2010 (20156)
• India
22 Jun 12
Honestly speaking i don't have any idea, but from the response i got some idea, this is charm of mylot..
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